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May  14,  1909  \| 


Published  by  the  University  at  Columbus 


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Entered  as  second-class  matter  November  17,  1905,  at  the  postoffice  at 
Columbus,  Ohio,  under  Act  of  Congress,  July  I6,  1894* 


Scene  in  front  of  Automobile  Garage  in  which  animals  were  judged  at  the 
Agricultural  Extension  School  at  Paulding,  Ohio. 


Scene  in  the  Court  Room  where  instruction  was  given  in  the  Agricultural 
Extension  School  at  Paulding,  Dec.  28,  ’08  to  Jan.  2,  ’09. 


Agricultural  Extension  Schools 

Introductory  Statement 

This  bulletin  has  been  prepared  to  give  information  con¬ 
cerning  the  holding  of  agricultural  extension  schools  as  provided 
for  in  the  Alsdorf  Law  passed  by  the  78th  General  Assembly, 
Extraordinary  Session.  Applications  for  schools  and  corre¬ 
spondence  regarding  the  same  should  be  addressed  to  Superin¬ 
tendent  A.  B.  Graham,  College  of  Agriculture,  Columbus,  Ohio. 

THE  ALSDORF  LAW 

The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  Alsdorf  Law  to  provide  for 
Agricultural  Extension  work  by  the  College  of  Agriculture  and 
Domestic  Science  of  Ohio  State  University: 

BE  IT  ENACTED  BY  THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY  OF 
THE  STATE  OF  OHIO: 

2.  Section  1.  That  the  College  of  Agriculture  and  Domestic 
Science  of  the  Ohio  State  University  is  hereby  authorized  and 
instructed  to  arrange  for  the  extension  of  its  teachings 
throughout  the  state  and  shall  arrange  to  hold  schools  in 
which  instruction  shall  be  given  in  soil  fertility,  stock  raising, 
kindred  subjects;  each  school  shall  not  exceed  one  week  in 
length,  and  not  more  than  one  shall  be  held  in  any  county 
during  a  year. 

crop  production,  dairying,  horticulture,  domestic  science,  and 

Section  2.  The  said  College,  in  addition  to  the  holding  of 
schools  as  provided  in  section  one  of  this  act,  shall  give  in¬ 
struction  and  demonstrations  in  various  lines  of  agriculture, 
at  agricultural  fairs,  institutes,  granges,  clubs,  or  in  connec¬ 
tion  with  any  other  organizations,  that,  in  the  judgment  of  the 
said  College  may  be  useful  in  extending  agricultural  know¬ 
ledge.  The  work  in  agricultural  extension  may  also  include 
instruction  by  mail  and  the  publication  of  bulletins  designed 
to  carry  the  benefits  of  its  teachings  to  communities  remote 
from  the  College. 


Section  3.  For  the  purpose  of  carryin^^  out  the  provisions 
of  this  act,  there  is  hereby  appropriated  out  of  the  funds  in 
the  state  treasury,  and  not  otherwise  appropriated,  the  sum  of 
twenty  thousand  dollars,  the  same  to  be  available  on  and  after 
the  first  day  of  July,  1909,  and  to  be  expended  under  the  direc¬ 
tion  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Ohio  State  University, 
for  agricultural  extension  work,  as  set  forth  in  this  act,  but  no 
part  of  the  appropriation  herein  provided  for  shall  be  available 
for  rent,  heat,  light,  janitor  services  or  other  local  expenses, 
and  such  local  expenses  shall  be  provided  for  by  the  commun¬ 
ity  in  which  such  school  is  held  or  instruction  and  demonstra¬ 
tions  are  given. 


UNIVERSITY  RULES 

Rules  to  Govern  the  Holding  of  “Agricultural  Extension 

Schools’’  Adopted  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Ohio  State 

University,  April  8,  1909. 

1.  Schools  shall  be  held  at  points  designated  by  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  Ohio,  State  University  on  recommendation  of 
the  faculty  of  the  Agricultural  College. 

2.  Satisfactory  rooms  for  instruction  and  demonstration  shall 
be  provided  and  properly  cared  for  by  and  at  the  expense  of 
the  local  community  as  set  forth  in  the  law. 

3.  Applications  for  schools  shall  be  made  on  a  blank  form  fur¬ 
nished  by  the  College  of  Agriculture  and  signed  by  not  less 
than  25  persons,  who  shall  pledge  their  support,  and  guarantee 
any  deficiency  that  may  arise  in  the  local  expenses  of  the 
school. 

4.  When  applications  are  granted  a  local  organization  shall  be 
perfected  which  in  co-operation  with  the  Superintendent  of 
Agricultural  Extension  shall  have  charge  of  all  local  arrange¬ 
ments  for  holding  the  school. 


APPLICATIONS 

Applications  for  schools  shall  be  made  on  blank  forms  fur¬ 
nished  by  the  Superintendent  of  Agricultural  Extension  and 
signed  by  not  less  than  twenty-five  persons  as  provided  in 
the  above  rules.  For  this  year  all  applications  for  schools  should 


be  on  file  with  the  Superintendent  of  Agricultural  Extension  by 
July  1st  as  the  schedule  of  schools  that  will  be  held  the  follow¬ 
ing  winter  will  be  made  up  as  soon  after  that  date  as  possible. 
For  other  years,  applications  should  be  filed  by  an  earlier  date 
not  at  present  decided  upon.  Any  applications  that  may  be  made 
after  July  1st  will  only  be  considered  after  the  ones  previously 
filed  have  been  disposed  of. 

Applicants  are  requested  to  give  as  definite  information  as 
possible  on  the  application  blank  in  regard  to  the  rooms  that  will 
be  available  for  holding  the  schools. 


LOCAL  ORGANIZATION 

The  object  of  forming  a  local  organization  is  to  secure  sat¬ 
isfactory  rooms  for  instruction  and  demonstration,  to  properly 
advertise  the  school  and  to  solicit  the  attendance  of  persons  who 
may  be  benefited,  and  that  appropriate  committees  may  be  or¬ 
ganized  and  that  means  may  be  devised  for  raising  funds  to  de¬ 
fray  the  local  expenses. 

It  is  suggested  that  the  following  committees  be  appointed: 
(1)  Finance  and  local  arrangements;  (2)  membership  and  ad¬ 
vertising;  and  (3)  demonstration  material. 

The  Committee  on  Finance  and  Local  Arrangements  should 
secure  rooms  and  see  that  they  are  properly  heated,  seated,  light¬ 
ed;  further  that  tables,  trestles,  etc.  are  furnished  and  that  the 
rooms  are  properly  cared  for  during  the  school. 

The  Committee  on  Membership  and  Advertising  shall  look 
after  printing  and  the  securing  of  members  for  the  school. 

The  Committee  on  Demonstration  Material  shall  secure 
live  stock  and  samples  of  corn,  fruit,  etc.,  for  judging;  they  shall 
also  furnish  other  material  necessary  for  demonstration  pur¬ 
poses. 

The  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Ohio  State  University  recom¬ 
mend  the  following:  That  each  prospective  member  of  the 

school  should  pay  to  the  treasurer  of  the  local  organization  a 
membership  fee  of  $1.00  to  defray  local  expenses;  that  no  school 
should  be  held  where  fewer  than  fifty  membership  fees  have  been 
paid  by  bonafide  members;  and  that  the  receipted  membership 
cards  should  be  filed  with  the  College  of  Agriculture  ten  days 
before  the  opening  of  school. 


COURSES 


The  following  courses  will  be  offered: 

Soil  Fertility: 

This  course  will  consist  of  a  discussion  of  the  principles 
underlying  the  maintenance  of  soil  fertility  including  such  sub¬ 
jects  as  food  requirements  of  plants,  the  use  and  effects  of  tillage 
drainage,  manures,  fertilizers,  lime,  etc. 

Farm  Crops: 

This  course  will  consist  of  a  study  of  corn  and  corn  judging 
and  such  other  of  the  more  important  farm  crops  as  time  will 
permit.  Practice  work  will  be  given  in  corn  judging  and  seed 
selection. 

Live  Stock: 

The  work  in  this  subject  will  take  up  a  discussion  of  the 
types  of  farm  animals  and  feeding  and  breeding  of  live  stock. 
Practical  instruction  will  be  given  in  stock  judging. 

Dairying: 

This  course  will  include  instruction  in  the  principles  of 
dairying,  feeding  and  breeding  of  dairy  cattle,  barn  sanitation, 
and  the  care  of  milk. 

Horticulture: 

The  work  of  this  course  will  consist  of  instruction  in  the 
principles  of  fruit  and  vegetable  growing  and  will  include  culti¬ 
vation,  pruning,  spraying,  and  marketing  of  horticultural  crops. 

Home  Making: 

This  course  will  be  given  to  the  selection  and  preparation  of 
foods,  sanitation,  decoration,  and  other  subjects  of  impor¬ 
tance  to  the  household.  Practical  demonstrations  in  food  selec¬ 
tion  and  preparation  will  be  made. 


SCHEDULE. 

The  sessions  will  open  at  9  A.  M.  and  close  at  4  P.  M.  An 
intermission  of  one  hour  will  be  given  at  noon.  Each  exercise 
will  begin  at  five  minutes  after  the  opening  hour. 


EXPENSES. 


Since  the  law  states  that  local  expenses  shall  be  provided  for 
by  the  community  in  which  the  Agricultural  Extension  School 
is  held,  the  following  items  of  expense  need  to  be  provided  for: 

Hotel  expenses  during  the  school  for  all  instructors  and  as¬ 
sistants  from  the  College  of  Agriculture.  There  will  not  usually 
be  more  than  five  persons. 

Rent  of  assembly  room  and  other  comfortable  quarters  in 
which  live  stock  is  to  be  judged;  and  for  heat,  light,  and  janitor 
service  for  the  same. 

Railroad  fare  and  the  pay  of  instructors  will  not  be  items 
of  expense  to  be  borne  by  the  community  in  which  the  Agricul¬ 
tural  Extension  School  is  held. 


Corn  Judging 


The  Ohio  State  University  Bulletin  is  published  at  least 
fifteen  times  during  the  academic  year,  as  follows:  Monthly  in 
October,  November,  and  June,  and  bi-weekly  in  December,  Jan¬ 
uary,  February,  March,  April,  and  May. 


